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By Katie Bahr
As the old expression says, “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.” Those words certainly ring true for Deacon Brendan Bartlett, who spent years pursuing a career in federal law enforcement before discerning a call to the priesthood in his late 20s. “Everybody was surprised, but nobody was more surprised than […]
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By Katie Bahr
Since being ordained to the transitional diaconate last June at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Deacon Christopher Hayes has served at St. Joseph Church in Dowington, Pa., while finishing his final year of theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa. Though he’s enjoyed taking on the responsibilities of a deacon […]
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By Katie Collins
Deacon Eric Shafer can’t get through more than a few minutes without laughing. And it’s a contagious laugh. The transitional deacon, who will be ordained a priest June 8 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, seems to communicate what Pope Francis referred to in a homily last month as “the joy of […]
Arts
By Catholic News Service
NEW YORK – Here is a list of recent films that Catholic News Service has rated on the basis of moral suitability. The first symbol after each title is the Catholic News Service classification. The second symbol is the rating of the Motion Picture Association of America. CNS classifications: A-I – general patronage; A-II – […]
Movies
A quartet of professional magicians (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Isla Fisher) is caught in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in this entertaining caper film directed by Louis Leterrier. Brought together by a mysterious capitalist (Michael Caine), the four become a world-famous act. But one outrageous stunt they manage to pull […]
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Grueling sci-fi adventure set 1,000 years after humans have been forced to evacuate an environmentally despoiled Earth. While on an intergalactic military mission, a general (Will Smith) and his teen son – played by Smith’s real-life son Jaden – become the sole survivors of a crash landing on the Blue Planet. With Dad temporarily disabled […]
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A thought-provoking – yet flawed – exploration of the wide-ranging impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks both on individuals and on whole cultures. In 2011 Pakistan, a journalist (Liev Schreiber) has been recruited by the CIA to interview the chief suspect (Riz Ahmed) in the kidnapping of an American professor. Things may not be as […]
Arts
Pleasant 3-D animated fantasy in which a 17-year-old girl (voice of Amanda Seyfried) finds herself magically transported to a miniature world within nature where the champions of growth and life (their leader voiced by Colin Farrell) battle the dark forces of decay (their commander voiced by Christoph Waltz). While becoming caught up in the conflict, […]
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By Seth Gonzales
GRAPEVINE, Texas – The Boy Scouts of America’s National Council voted late May 23 to allow openly gay youths admittance as members into the 103-year-old organization, effective Jan. 1, 2014. In a statement, the organization said the decision to review the organization’s ban on accepting homosexuals as members was made based on “growing input from […]
Schools
By Maria-pia Negro
Anna Rapp wanted to part of the military for as long as she can remember. Next fall, she will have a shot at it while attending the U.S. Military Academy – also known as West Point. If the Bishop Ireton High School senior was excited to hear the news, her father – a two-star general […]
